WATCH: Waiting for Chilcot - an Iraq Inquiry primer
From the day British troops left to the eve of the Chilcot report release, a video history of the UK's inquiry into its involvement in the Iraq war
Then-British PM Tony Blair meets troops in Basra in 2004 (AFP)
Published date: 5 July 2016 21:18 BST
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Last update: 8 years 4 months ago
More than 13 years after the invasion of Iraq and almost seven years since it began, a report by Sir John Chilcot examining the UK's involvement in the war is finally set to be published on Wednesday.
MEE looks back over the long wait:
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